Restoring Darkness #38 The Will To Deploy

Sponsored By: EVLUMA With Peter Brown 3/2/2022- Restoring Darkness #38 (Full Version) – Peter Brown 42:23 Where does the resistance to the adoption of darkness friendly lighting come from? Michael poses this question to Peter Brown. Michael and Peter discuss how and if it’s even possible to get the industry on board. With over thirty … Read more

#240 Serving the Industry

Sponsored By: EVLUMA With Billy Hodges & Jay Andrews 2/21/22 – Lighting Episode 240 (Full Version) – Billy Hodges & Jay Andrews 55:00 In this episode we delve into the love-hate relationship with lighting agents. Can distributors build relationships with agents when agent turnover is so high? Billy & Jay and our hosts do their … Read more

#235 Advocating For The Needs Of The Project

Sponsored By: EVLUMA With Paula Martinez-Nobles 1/31/22 – Lighting Episode 235 (Full Version) – Paula Martinez-Nobles 52:11 Ms. Martinez-Nobles began her career as an intern at Fisher Marantz Stone in 2005 and is now a Principal in the firm. Her endless scribbling and sketching as a child led to a Bachelor of Architectural Engineering at … Read more

Starving for Darkness #35 The Importance of Non-Human Perspective

Sponsored By: EVLUMA With Hannah Moon 12/15/2021- Starving for Darkness #35 (Full Version) – Hannah Moon 53:12 Hannah Moon is a PhD Candidate at the University of Hawai’i at Mānoa in Dr. Megan Porter’s vision lab. Her work focuses on understanding the physiological and molecular aspects of light perception in birds and has won multiple … Read more

Starving for Darkness #33 Finding the Sweet Spot

Sponsored By: EVLUMA With Dr. Andreas Jechow 12/1/2021- Starving for Darkness #33 (Full Version) – Dr. Andreas Jechow 1:02:01 Dr. Andreas Jechow is an interdisciplinary physicist with a broad expertise in photonics, the science of light. Earlier in his career Andreas worked in laser physics and quantum optics, for example on imaging the “shadow of … Read more

Starving for Darkness #31 Preserving Nantucket’s Dark Sky Heritage

Sponsored By: EVLUMA With Gail Walker 11/17/2021- Starving for Darkness #31 (Full Version) – Gail Walker 1:01:14 Gail Walker is the founder of Nantucket Lights, an all-volunteer citizen advocacy group recently formed to combat the growing light pollution on Nantucket, the island off the coast of Massachusetts that is a popular summer destination for many. … Read more

Starving for Darkness #28 The Weird Eyes of Animals

Sponsored By: EVLUMA With Megan Porter 10/27/2021- Starving for Darkness #28 (Full Version) – Megan Porter 1:01:41 Megan Porter PhD is an Associate Professor in the School of Life Sciences at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa. Her research program is focused on understanding the evolution of animal eye diversity, particularly from a molecular perspective. … Read more

Starving for Darkness #26 The Secret World Beneath The Ocean

Sponsored By: EVLUMA With Dr. Micah Brodsky 10/13/2021- Starving for Darkness #26 (Full Version) – Dr. Micah Brodsky 1:07:23 Dr. Micah Brodsky is a wildlife veterinarian who focuses on marine animal medicine, research, and conservation and is the Director of Conservation Medicine at Hawaiʻi Marine Animal Response and a lecturer at the University of Hawaiʻi. … Read more

Starving for Darkness #24 Solving Light Pollution at the Speed of Light

Sponsored By: EVLUMA With Bettymaya Foott 9/29/2021- Starving for Darkness #24 (Full Version) – Bettymaya Foott 1:05:34 Bettymaya Foott works for the International Dark-Sky Association as Director of Engagement. Preserving dark skies is her life goal and she finds that astrophotography is the most poignant way to express a love for the night, as well … Read more

Starving for Darkness #22 Our Fear of the Dark is Learned

Sponsored By: EVLUMA With James Karl Fischer 9/15/2021- Starving for Darkness #22 (Full Version) – James Karl Fischer 1:15:24 Dr. Fischer operates The Zoological Lighting Institute, a 501 c(3) dedicated to supporting the sciences of light and life through the arts for animal welfare and wildlife conservation. This one is broad ranging. What are the … Read more